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- 1950-1952 (Creation)
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1 cm of textual records
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Fin Lineham, 1912-1996, was born in Riest, Alberta, near Youngstown. The family moved to Cochrane in 1917, to Okotoks in 1918, and finally to Turner Valley in 1927. It was in Turner Valley that Fin began his 50 years of work in the oil industry. He was first involved in construction, then beginning in the 1930s roughnecked and wildcatted for Royalite. In 1950 he and his brother, Jim, and Bob Kenyon started Kenyon's Oilfield Servicing. His other activities includes marketing the Eastland Tester, farming near Ellerslie, working for Lister Oilfield Welding, running the L & L Tug and Barge Company, and doing consulting work.
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The fonds consists of four notebooks kept while working for Kenyon's Oilfield Servicing, which record various servicing activities. Well serviced include Surette Lake #1, House Creek #1, Imperial Leduc #273, Imperial Leduc #279, Imperial Leduc #285, Imperial Leduc #299, and Bistcho Lake #1.
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The material is in English.
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An interview with Fin Lineham is in the Petroleum Industry Oral History Project, at Glenbow (RCT-645).
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The source of acquisition is unknown, as these were found in the stacks, with no information as to who donated them.
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Wednesday, May 03, 2017